Snow Globe Valentines.

Snow globes are so magical. I remember being entranced by them as a child and even today I love watching the "snow" inside drift slowly to the bottom. Audrey shares my fascination with snow globes so we decided to make some for her preschool friends in honor of Valentine's Day.

Start by painting the lids of your baby food jars. They will need about 24 hours drying time.

When your lids are dry you can assemble your snow globes. Using the serrated knife cut one rounded side off a styrofoam ball. You want the cut piece to fit inside the the center of the jar lid, leaving enough space for lid to tighten securely when it's put back on the jar.

Next form the pipe cleaner into a heart shape. Twist the bottom two ends a couple of times to secure.

Stick the twisted ends of the pipe cleaner heart into the center of the cut styrofoam piece.

Trim off the ends of the pipe cleaner.

Using your hot glue gun secure the styrofoam piece to the inside center of the lid.

While the hot glue dries, fill the jar with water. Add 1 tsp of glycerin and as much tinsel glitter as you like. We used about 1 tsp or so.

your creativity knows no bounds! i love this. I never did jarred baby food so I don't have any of those cute little jars laying around. Did you happen to have them on hand or do you have a resource you could share on where to buy baby food jars?

This is the cutest Valentine EVER!! I'm saving this for next year, only because my little one and I are doing the magnifying glass Valentines (your idea from last year) this year and I already ordered the supplies!

Thanks for sharing so many of your creative ideas! I've used so many of them, and really enjoy these posts!!

This is such a great idea! Would you be willing to link this up to my Valentine Link Party going on now? I'd love to have you! http://michellepaige.blogspot.com/2012/01/rockin-valentine-valentine-link-party.html

OH MY! This is the cutest little snow globe or love globe ever! Thank you so much for coming up with this, I can't wait to show my daughter, shes gonna love it and were going to have fun making it :)Michelle MommysPinkieLipgloss@blogspot.com

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Yes, this is a great project for the kids to make - but speaking form a teachers point of view - I do not have enough free space to display projects. Consumables are much appreciated - germ - x, notepads, stickies- etc.

I love this project... and snow globes in general. I love that it is Valentine's Day themed. I want to do this in a classroom, however, so I don't want to use hot glue. I found another tip of advice on a blog that said to use Gorilla Glue in lieu of hot glue. It is water proof and I believe will be safer to use with the kiddos. Thanks for the idea!

I was looking for a project for valentines day and I have found it, Met a woman in the dollar store during Christmas and she shared she was doing the snow globe for presents. Never thought of that idea but loved it. Thanks for sharing.